Young rural people are often all too familiar with calamity - things like drought, flood, bushfires, farm accidents, the death of livestock or pet animals. Hazards are simply part of the fabric of life in the country....

More than 100,000 people have been left without power in south-west WA after wild winds swept across the state. The SES says some people could be without power for up to a week, and there's more wild weather on the way....